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3Dmark on steam for £6.45 -Flash sale!

TrojanWhore

TrojanWhore

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hope this doesn't count as competitor, as I couldn't find 3dmark on the site

price valid until 6pm, thought I'd post it here in case anyone missed it last time it was cheap :)
 
Had a look at that but always managed to get stable using Haven so not sure i would plumb for paid software.

Are there any significant benifits to this over the free stuff?
 
With the paid version you can run different resolutions, higher settings etc. And i think on certain versions you can select which tests to run. The latter being handy for firestrike as you dont need to sit through the other sections.
 
Gav_881 said:
Had a look at that but always managed to get stable using Haven so not sure i would plumb for paid software.

Are there any significant benifits to this over the free stuff?
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The free version of this 3dmark makes you sit through 10 mins of crap every time you run it :(
 
Ah, so if your just failing on one part you can tweek the settings and then rerun that one test. I suppose it would be worth it if i did a lot of fiddling but tbh i wont be playing about untill upgrade time.
 
Hmm it is tempting because sitting through the stupid demos is annoying ...but paying for benching software when there's free alternatives :-s
 
TrojanWhore said:
couldn't agree more, but to me £6.45 seemed fair, and via steam, it includes leader-boards and achievements, just for ***** and giggles ;)
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Aye i've complained but the more I think of it the more im tempted because of stupid demos :@ and when I get my crossfire setup going I'l be benching lol
 
damn i love benching, its shame i've missed out. it takes the mic running 3d mark cos it takes 20 mins to do one run through and if it crashes on the last test then its very annoying having to go through it all again.
 
It's quite useful having the full version of the new 3Dmark, as the Firestrike benchmark is all you need, the rest are useless unless you have a low end graphics card. I find it to be a quick and reliable way of checking graphics performance after hardware upgrades, overclocks, driver updates, etc. The online results logging and comparison facility is also very useful.

That said, I'm not sure if I should be supporting Futuremark here. They knew full well people would not tolerate sitting through the full demo and benchmark in the free version. Either way, clever move on their part as it seems to be working to some degree. I got it free with my graphics card so I'm not too bothered.
 
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